Athens---Greek state revenue in February was nearly one billion euros ($1.05 billion) or 11 percent below target, a month after the new radical government took power, official data showed Friday.
The finance ministry said the state budget net revenues stood at 7.794 billion euros, 963 million euros below target.
Tax revenue before refunds was 7.9 billion euros, 872 million euros short of expectations.
The hard-left government elected in January on an anti-austerity platform has received no money from Greece's outstanding EU-IMF bailout because it is still in negotiations with the country's international creditors on its proposed reform programme.
With tax revenue lagging behind, the government has looked at borrowing money from state pension funds and EU farm subsidy payments to keep up with its debt obligations.
Also Friday, Athens said it would auction another 1.0 billion euros in short-term debt.
The Greek debt management agency said a three-month treasury bill sale would be held on Wednesday.
Greece has made successive short-term debt issues since the new government came to power, paying higher interest each time.
On Wednesday, Greece paid 2.7 percent for 1.3 billion euros in three-month bills compared with 2.5 percent in an equivalent sale a month earlier.
AFP
